His family had joined the LDS Church in 1885. In 1888 the family moved to Charleston, Utah
In 1897 his father died of typhoid fever leaving his mother Della with 10 children to raise alone. With the help of the church and concerned neighbors they survived. His mother remarried a widower John Phillip Jordan with children and he was raised with this new merged family.
In 1910 Alphonso was herding sheep in Wasatch County, Utah. He then herded in Duschesne county before 1917.
He was a Flock Master working for Albert Smith in Fruitland, Utah in 1917
He listed for the draft in WWI but had a physical disability preventing him from serving actively.
In 1920 Alphonso was herding sheep on a ranch in the Dragon district of Uintah County, Utah
He never married.
This lifestyle was much to his liking and he followed it all his life.
Later he moved to and died on Dec 25, 1944 in the Arden Sanitarium in Salt Lake City, Utah.
His family had joined the LDS Church in 1885. In 1888 the family moved to Charleston, Utah
In 1897 his father died of typhoid fever leaving his mother Della with 10 children to raise alone. With the help of the church and concerned neighbors they survived. His mother remarried a widower John Phillip Jordan with children and he was raised with this new merged family.
In 1910 Alphonso was herding sheep in Wasatch County, Utah. He then herded in Duschesne county before 1917.
He was a Flock Master working for Albert Smith in Fruitland, Utah in 1917
He listed for the draft in WWI but had a physical disability preventing him from serving actively.
In 1920 Alphonso was herding sheep on a ranch in the Dragon district of Uintah County, Utah
He never married.
This lifestyle was much to his liking and he followed it all his life.
Later he moved to and died on Dec 25, 1944 in the Arden Sanitarium in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Family Members
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Annie Leona Simmons Sulser
1885–1975
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Pvt William Franklin Simmons
1886–1948
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Florence Edna Simmons Toney
1889–1978
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Willis Alexander Simmons
1889–1936
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Albert Foster Simmons
1891–1957
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Nellie Rayner Simmons
1892–1902
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Nymphas Nephi Simmons
1894–1959
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Robert Harrison Simmons
1895–1903
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Pierce Simmons
1897–1946
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